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Patented 0011.9, 1894.

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W. J. WILEY.

WATER PURIFIER FOR HAT SIZING MAGHINES.

Patented Oct. 9, 1894.

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WATER PURIFIER FOR HAT SIZING MACHINES. -No. 527,187. Patented Oct. 9, 1894.

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WILLIAM J. WILEY, or DIANBURY, CONNECTICUT.

I ,WATER-PURIFIER FOR HAT-SIZING MACHINES.

srnormcn'rroiv forming part of Letters Application filed May 23. 1894.

loall whom it may concerraw i Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. WILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing atDanbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ater-Purifiers for Hat-Sizing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enprior to the sizing operations, and has for its this line has been invented or object to prevent the formation of what are termed dags in the hat.

In dipping the hats within the usual tank of hot water, the latter becomes fouled with long hairs and particles of fur, which from time to time attach themselves to the hat bodiesand are worked into the same by the sizing operations forming what I have termed dags. Variousways have been tried by which to purify the water so as to obviate this disadvantage, but as yet nothing practical in put into pracnice. y

By the use of my improvement the water is constantly purified, the result being that thequality of the hats is greatly improved.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application Figure l is a plan View of a hat sizing apparatus equipped with my improvement; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a sectional elevation of a hat sizing apparatus equipped with a modified form of my improvement.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings. 1 is the usual hat sizing tank which is filled with water the latter being heated to the required temperature by means of a radiator 2 suspended in the bottom of the tank from a steam supply pipe 3.

4 are the hat sizing tables arranged around the tank, and 5 the pipe by means of which fresh water is supplied to the tank. That part of the apparatus above described is of the usual construction, and I lay no claim thereto, nor do I wish to be limited in this in- Patent No. 527,187, dated October 9,1894.

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yention to the employment of anyparticular means for supplying the fresh water or for heating the water in the tank.

6 is a sub-reservoir below the tank 1 and 7 are pipes which lead from said tank at a point near the level of the water therein down within said reservoir whereby the latter is constantly supplied with water from the tank.

8 is a pipe which rises from said reservoir through the tank above the level of the water in the latter, and is provided at its upper end with any suitable goose neck 9 which overhangs the tank. 10 is an ordinary strainer basket which is suspended below the mouth of said goose neck.

steam source (in the present instance from the pipe 3), the lower end of this pipe 11 being extended laterally within the pipe 8 and led upwardly so as to direct the steam in the direction indicated by the arrow in said pipe 8.

The operation of my improvement is as follows:The current of steam which drives upwardly from the pipe 11 within the pipe 8 forces the water in the pipe 8 upwardly and at the same time induces an upward current in said pipe so that the water will constantly be drawn from the reservoir 6 up through this pipe 8 and thence be discharged back into the tank through the strainer 10. It will be observed that a constant circulation will be kept up in the tank and that the water therein will undergo ,a continuous change, and that the impurities will be removed from the tank and discharged within the strainer, the latter being emptied and cleansed as often as the occasion may require.

Referring to Fig. 3, I have shown a construction in which the sub-reservoir is dispensed with and the bottom of the pipe 8 made bell shaped and opening directly into the tank, the current within the pipe 8 being induced and the water elevated in the same manner as in the instance of the construction shown at Fig. 2.

I prefer to use the construction shown in Fig. 2 for the reason that if the water is drawn up into the pipe 8 directly from the tank it will sputter to such an extent when discharged from the pipe 8 into the strainer as to spatter the impurities back again into the tank, this being due to the fact that the t 11 is a pipe which leads from any suitable water is so impregnated with steam as to materially decrease its specific gravity. However, in instances where the water is only moderately heated, the construct ion-shown at Fig. 3 will accomplish the result aimed at by my invention, and I do not therefore desire to be limited to the provision of any external or sub-reservoir, the advantage of which latter is that the water drawn therefrom through the pipe 8 is quite cool ascompared with the Water in the tank and therefore will not be low the mouth of the last mentioned pipe at the upper end ofthe same, and the steam pipe' leading upwardly therein, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the tank 1 containing hot water, the sub-reservoir 6, the pipes 7 leading from said tank into said reservoir, the pipe 8 leading from said reservoir up through the tank and extending above the level of the water therein,the strainer 10 suspended below the mouth of the pipe 8 at its upper extremity, and the steam pipe 11 extending laterally Within the pipe 8 and di-. .rected upwardly therein, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereofI affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. WILEY.

Witnesses:

J OHN H. MOLAUGHAN, HENRY M. ROBINSON. 

